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When's the Café Oto takeover happening...? Would love to have seen both those gigs, Gorn and Sertso particularly are two players I'd rush to see

Louis Moholo-Moholo's Five Blokes - Uplift The People [Ogun, 2018] Why I wasn't at this gig I have no idea. This is such heartfelt music.

Now that does pique my interest

Absolutely fabulous. Just played the album, which I rate very highly. All a bit looser and some extended solos, Hill and Gold especially impressive. I thought the orchestration worked very well, an obvious development of the strings writing on the album. Didn't overwhelm whilst not used sparingly. The whole came across as more suite-like. The quintet got to play without strings enough to prove their undoubted cohesiveness A couple of times Hill got lost amongst the strings but overall it was well balanced I find the album an oddly emotional listen and the concert was similarly, there's some great tunes in there. A triumph

Jason Roebke Octet - Cinema Spiral Revisiting after too long. This generation of Chicago musicians have made and still make some incredibly good music

Makaya McCraven Quintet w. London Contemporary Orchesrra

In that case I might just try and hold off and see what that is or I may just fold

Stop it now! 😄 I already have the real gems that are the NYAQ, Taylor/Oxley and Taylor/Dixon (disappointingly noisy pressing, even with a replacement)

Count me intrigued. Triple Point don't get over here easily or cheaply so we'll have to see at $52 shipped

Tomorrow, Morton Feldman's Violin and String Quartet (1985). UK premiere performed by Apartment House

Andrzej Kurlyewicz Quintet - 10+8/Ten+Eight [Polskie Nagrania Muza, Poland 196, mono] One of my all time favourite album cover designs. Music's great too

Komeda Quintet - Astigmatic [Polskie Nagrania Muza, Poland 1967]

It's a lot better than good, that goes to the desert island. Track it down @HutchFan you'll like it, I'm pretty confident

Great player who left some truly special recordings. Would love to have seen him live.

Glad it went down well. I always had Carter down as a bit gimmicky from when he first became popular. I thought age may have calmed him down but it seems not.

How was it?

It's a great record. I bought one of the Japanese reissues only this year. Should have held on as Sam always do such a great job

Positive, powerful stuff. Satoh (it is him isn't it? I haven't got the details in front of me now} really stands out for me. I do wonder what the drummer was on. I need some of that. Definitely in the queue for a reissue

Akira Miyazawa Quartet - Kiso my first listen

Clifford Jordan Quartet - Glass Bead Games [Strata East/Pure Pleasure, UK 2019 RE] no boomy bass @Pim 👍

Evan Parker - Zanzou [Jazz & Now, Japan 1983]

Mixed bag so far today Kalaparush - Ram's Run [Cadence, 1982] Peter Evans - Being & Becoming [More Is More Records, 2020] Binker Golding, John Edwards, Steve Noble - Moon Day [Byrd Out, UK 2021]

I'm hoping for some of those Dutch and European bands. I'll take Hutcherson/Land too.

Thanks, I shall just pretend it's not a PP release when I listen the first time 😄 Now onto Clifford Jordan - Inward Fire [Muse, 1978] Up there with the Strata Easts in my opinion but not in market value thankfully

Yes, or Juno. Listening to my UK original it sounds pretty good so may not need to upgrade It has finally prompted me to order the Pure Pleasure GB Games. I'm never sure about Pure Pleasures as I find the bass is often a bit too boosted so 🤞